Lovers of steam and antique equipment lost some dear friends
Several readers have asked about articles (or the lack of them), so I thought I'd try to grind out some news.
Summer shows and the ‘stuff’ we accumulate
A four-day show rarely gets four good days in a row, but the last of July/ first of August weekend brought just such good weather to us at Portersville, Pennsylvania.
Mud and steaming around just don’t mix
Well, the show season is rather well underway. Have you been to any of your favorites yet?
Foundry patterns still valuable to collect
The show season is well underway for 2015 with some of the early and well known shows in the past, or upcoming. Since I...
Steam history is a reminder to document, record
As usual, off season topics are a bit hard to find but we keep trying and thinking and reading a couple of the magazines of the hobby and several club newsletters to keep up on the happenings in various areas.
Off-season activities to take up time
Hello again Steam enthusiasts. I hope you are all managing to keep warm in this frigid weather, if by steam or just hot air.
Does priority count? New Year’s Day event beginning of show season
We are starting out the new year with some material on show schedules, not necessarily steam, but engines none the less.
Fowler’s Chapter Three: Story of the Steam Plough Works
I finally got the time needed to review the latter chapters of Michael Lane’s Story of the Steam Plough Works, which is a history of the Fowler Works of Leeds England.
Fowlers of Leeds to World War I
Today I want to tell you a bit more of the great British Steam Engine and Cultivating Machine Company based on Michael Lane’s book The Story of The Steam Plough Works that was published in 1980.
John Fowler and his legendary steam company
I have written a couple other recent articles on the steam engine companies of England and since I am a dedicated Anglopile, that is not too unusual.
